Isaac JacobTruax was the son of JacobTruax and Lysbetde la Grange. Isaac Jacob Truax was born on 8 May 1726 at Schenectady, NY. He married MariaWyngaard, daughter of JohannesWyngaard, on 16 June 1750 at Albany, NY.2 Isaac Jacob Truax died on 17 April 1808 at Schenectady, NY.
He was a tavern-keeper.
Isaac was one of the more colourful characters in the family. He owned a tavern on the Old King’s Highway between Schenectady and Albany, in the heart of the Albany Pine Bush. The area was notorious as a lair for fur smugglers, brigands and, during the Revolution, Tory sympathizers. Isaac was no exception. His tavern was a popular meeting place for Loyalists, and his son (or possibly his brother) Jacob, also a tavenkeeper on the road, managed to get himself arrested for his resistance to the Rebel cause.

Isaac’s tavern had always had a less than savoury reputation. Rumours flourished of imprudent guests being robbed and murdered in the night, their bodies never to be found. In fact, several human skeletons have been found buried in nearby sand dunes! A more conventional graveyard still exists in the woods behind the tavern site, where Isaac, his wife, son and grandson are buried. The oldest stone belongs to Maria Wyngaard, wife of Isaac J. Truax, and is dated May 10th, 1802.

MariaTruax was the daughter of JacobTruax and Lysbetde la Grange. Maria Truax was born on 15 June 1729. She was baptized on 22 June 1729 at Schenectady, NY.2 She married EmanuelAdams on 19 May 1748 at Schenectady, NY.3
Maria Truax was also known as Maria Jacobse Truax.

WillemTruax was the son of JacobTruax and Lysbetde la Grange. Willem Truax was born on 15 September 1732 at Schenectady, NY. He was baptized on 10 December 1732.2 He married ElizabethZeybel on 17 April 1760 at Schoharie, NY.3
Willem Truax was also known as William Truax.

JacobTruax was the son of JacobTruax and Lysbetde la Grange. Jacob Truax was born on 4 April 1737 at Schenectady, NY. He was baptized on 8 July 1737 at Schenectady, NY.2 He married CatherineDochsteder, daughter of George AdamDochstader and Anna CatherineStahring, on 5 March 1775 at Fonda, Montgomery Co., NY.3 Jacob Truax died circa 1789 at Albany Co., NY; killed by Indians on Lake Erie.4
Jacob Truax was also known as Jacob Y Truax. He served in 1776 as Pvt. in Col. Jacob Lansing’s Regiment.
Jacob Truax is usually assumed to be the one referred to in the Schenectady Committee of Conspiracies as saying he was ‘no Tore but a man for the King’, but since that Jacob had the middle name Isaacse, this may refer to the son of Isaac Jacob and not his brother – see Chapter 7.

There is also some confusion between the two Jacobs in the oral history of the family of George Truax of Cornwall, provided by Bev Truax. Her family claims that the Jacob who married Catherine Dochsteder was the son of Isaac J. We know from Isaac J’s will that this Jacob had children named Jacob, Magdalen, John and George, which would correspond with Jacob and Catherine’s children if we assume that Maria’s middle name was Magdalen (not uncommon). Could it be that this was wrong all along? If so, which Jacob died in 1789 on Lake Erie? Which one was arrested by the Committee, and which one served in Lansing’s Regiment? This needs to be resolved.

CatherineDochsteder was the daughter of George AdamDochstader and Anna CatherineStahring. Catherine Dochsteder was baptized on 18 January 1752 at Stone Arabia, NY.2 She married JacobTruax, son of JacobTruax and Lysbetde la Grange, on 5 March 1775 at Fonda, Montgomery Co., NY.1 Catherine Dochsteder married SolomanWalley on 6 January 1793 at Albany, NY.3
Catherine Dochsteder was also known as Anna Catarina Doxstader.

JacobTruax was the son of JacobTruax and CatherineDochsteder. Jacob Truax was born on 8 January 1780 at Fonda, Montgomery Co., NY. He was baptized on 23 January 1780 at Fonda, Montgomery Co., NY. He married CorneliaCromwell on 6 September 1802 at Albany, NY.3 Jacob Truax died on 1 August 1849.4,5 He was buried at 1st Preb. Church Cem., Schenectady, NY.

HarmanusTruax was the son of Abraham JacobseTruax and ElizabethVan Antwerp. Harmanus Truax was born on 19 July 1761.2 He was baptized on 19 August 1764 at Schenectady, NY.1 He married DorotheaLarroway, daughter of JonasLarroway and ElizabethMuller, on 16 February 1785 at Schenectady, NY.2 Harmanus Truax died on 10 May 1841 at Schenectady, NY.3
He moved to Canada in 1793 when he made his mark on an Oath of Allegiance to the Crown.4

DorotheaLarroway was the daughter of JonasLarroway and ElizabethMuller. Dorothea Larroway was born on 1 February 1763.1,2 She married HarmanusTruax, son of Abraham JacobseTruax and ElizabethVan Antwerp, on 16 February 1785 at Schenectady, NY.2 Dorothea Larroway died on 30 May 1854 at Stanbridge, Missisquoi Co., QC.3
Dorothea Larroway was also known as Dolley Laraway. Her father, Jonas Larroway, served as a Loyalist in Butler’s Rangers.

ElizabethTruax was the daughter of HarmanusTruax and DorotheaLarroway. Elizabeth Truax was born on 30 October 1785 at Schenectady, NY.1 She was baptized on 24 November 1785.1 She married BenjaminSanders on 15 June 1803 at Franklin, VT.2
Elizabeth Truax was also known as Betsy Truax.

PetrusTruax was the son of HarmanusTruax and DorotheaLarroway. Petrus Truax was born on 27 November 1789 at Schenectady, NY.1 He was baptized on 17 February 1790.1 He married MarySanders on 7 May 1812 at Dunham, QC.2,3
Petrus Truax was also known as Peter Truax.

AndriesTruax was the son of EliasTruax and NancyMcKinney. Andries Truax was born on 2 November 1775 at Albany, NY. He was baptized on 12 November 1775 at Albany, NY. He married SallyWelch, daughter of BenjaminWelch and ThankfulDurgin, on 29 October 1797. Andries Truax died on 30 May 1851 at Brigham, QC.
Andries Truax was also known as Andrew Truax. He ‘prayed for land’ in Brome Township, QC on 27 February 1792.

EliasTruax was the son of AndriesTruax and SallyWelch. Elias Truax was born on 9 April 1809 at Farnham, QC.2 He married Eliza M.Hulbert on 12 November 1839 at Dunham, QC.3 Elias Truax died on 18 February 1854 at East Farnham, QC.

AbrahamTruax was the son of IsaacTruax and MagdalenMarselis. Abraham Truax was born on 20 July 1795 at Schenectady, NY.2 He was baptized on 1 September 1795.2 He married LavinaDayton. Abraham Truax died on 10 October 1870 at Hamilton, ON.
He lived at near Brantford, ON. He was a whip factory owner in Hamilton.

AaronTruax was the son of IsaacTruax and MagdalenMarselis. Aaron Truax was born on 12 May 1802 at Schenectady, NY. He was baptized on 31 July 1808 at Dunham, QC.1 He married ElizaJohnson on 8 June 1823 at Dunham, Mississquoi Co., QC.1 Aaron Truax died on 30 March 1889 at Maquoketa, Jackson Co., IA.